The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-05
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for grouse shooting is set by law, and in
! Paris, where the time for the summer exc
dus has been established for decades, it is
easy enough to tell when the season begins.
| Not so here. To-day the theatres are run
ming the drives are crowded, the restau-
rants gay and the streets alive. Tomorrow
! it is weary stretch of closed blinds, de-
serted thoroughfares and strange faces. The
| New Yorker wakes up suddenly and says;
'Why, hullo! Here it is summer again, and
no plans made for the hot months bet
ter run down to the seaside and think 1t
| overn
To the seaside he goes forthwith-to find
that 100 900 people have preceded him.
The weather has nothing to do with the
case. 1t was cold enough for overcoats two
days after Decoration day and yet that day
| uShered in the summer term. Gov. Hlll
stood in the boiling sun and reviewed the
troups ON Decoration day surrounded by a
great multitude. His yellowish face and
heavy eyes told of the effects of a hard SEES
sion For hours he lifted his hat mechani-
| cally as thecOlOrs were carried by. After
the parade the big boulevard was as crowd
ed as a mill race with carriages, coaches and
| carts going up TO the opening day atJerOme
| Park Magnificent four-in-hands loaded
with the snowy and handsome sons and
| daughters of millionaireS who fooled along
| beside big hotel coaches drawn be six crag
gy horses, loaded to the guards by bowling
| sports" outside and kegs of beer inside and
as noisy as boiler factories on wheels.
| Light road wagons, spider-lille buggies, lux
urious victorias and big English carts all
rushed along together. Occasionally all
heads would turn our way A glance
| showed the cause. Some woman I'll superb
exterior and bizarre attire would rail by
driving her own team of Extraordinarily
One of these feminine whiEEl ~ \ lfap0,r-
| #nCff aT
word-society beauty Of PAiln<lelpAia She
was the heroine of ce,ek1Nt 8liE0rce case
After the decision hsdl k5aeak made She went
at In time She cams b New York. Does
not every 1q4e - the same from the
King and Qnse1 81 thu sandwich Islands to
t tom BGoa sRa Mr. diyo r9t
is settinR ~ 7tsai 81 the ears. She looked
like hQElcY English Princess that day on
| 'thc Nan~1 sA big hat shaded her hand
som{ f6i,t and she sat erect in the corner of
l leN N1ncftbn with the reins held high over a
tea1n Rf perfectly matched and groomed
hof1es Her tiger sat in the rumble behind,
1 thu pfoudest boy in the world
efI6sday New York is in linen and dust
The horses, carriages, grooms and daintily
attired women have disappeared. Cabs of
4 frowsy aspect stand idly in the shade, with
| their drivers sleeping lazily on the boxes
| The heads of the horses droop House after
| house along Fifth avenue is Shrouded in hol-
| land and boarded up till winter comes
! again The shops have lost the air of spick
and span neatness tint characterized them,
and the dingy awnings of year ago decor
ate the town. Summer drinks are adVer-
| tised ON every corner, and the walters stare
| idly from the windows of the fashionable
| restaurants. Half the theatres are closed
| The streets are still crowded, but that indie
| Unable element of leisure, beauty and ele-
gance lent by the people of fashion and
| wealth has gone. Society, maligned, abused
and ridiculed as it is, has at least specta-
cular value. The women in the streets look
| travel-stained and careless; the men dusty
| and preoccupied New York's leisure class"
has disappeared
| doubt il women ever dressed with more
theatrical splender in the streets than they
do to-day. The latest fad-the girdle-adds
| greatly TO the spectacular aspect which our
| women present in public. There seems to
be no end to the scope, weight, noise, width
| ard intricacies of the iron chains which are
now in vogue. IL takes wonderfully trim
and well-lined figure to bear a girdle grace
fully. / was struck with this to-day as
numbered ponderously along behind two
more or less extensively attired women who
stepped from their carriage fora little stroll
| along Fifth avenue. One was tall. dark
with broad shoulders, big hips and a thick
waist. Her skirt tuiled on the ground on
one side and was about four inches shy on
the other. She walked with knock-kneed
and toggle- iointed action that lacked all the
| elements of grace or poetic motion and
| chewed gum with the sincere and earnest
expression of a woman who has made up
| hor mind that she is not pretty and is con-
tent to let it so at that Around her waist
was n silver and iron girdle that probably
| cost two or three hundred dollars 1t looked
| like an OK chain on twisted oak. One side
| Jagged down further than the other, and as
| the sun played in and out of its links it
| seemed groteSque and unwieldly thing for
a woman to lug along Fifth avenue. Be
| side the dark woman walked an exquisitely
| formed little blonde whose hair was cooled
up, showing the whitest neck in the world,
and whose arms hung easily by her side.
| She carried dainty paraSol in one well
| glove6 fist, and big white rose in the other.
| Her sloping and perfectly rounded shoulders
| led into waist that was small and beauti-
fully formed. The curves of her figure
would have delighted a painter and she
moved with the most graceful and catching
swing imaginable. | do not think | ever
saw a more perfect figure and it was accen-
tuated by a girdle that Rugged her snug
waist with degree of affection that seemed
entirely warranted The girdle was four
inches wide. There was a pendant at the
side, attached TO winch was silver Nlnal-
| grette, a small basked mirror, q tiny fan,
button hook, glove buttoner, a pencil,
latch key, a dogs whistle, a small note book
with silver covers, a tiny lorgnette, a pen
holder case, chain purse, little card case,
a miniature riding whip and ten other
| trinkets all of which were attached to the
! girdle by little silver chains. There were
seven or eight small bells among them and
they chimed away unsteady as the girl
swung along. The parasol, though folded,
was of some peculiar material Il have no
doubt that all women are thoroughly ia
miliar with it which caught the rays OF the
sun is a most peculiar fashion. and turned
from an opal tint to bright pink in different
spots every half minute. The handle was
| gold and very brightly polished. | observed
that the tip was also OF gold, and fashioned
after the same manner Us the handle. She
wore n beaded jacket that fitted very snug
| ly about her plump figure, but which was
extended about the arms to halloon-hke pro-
portions. Her hat was a mass of briliancy
as to coloring, and the skirt of her dress was
| rs bright a scarlet rs have ever seen. The
boots were patent leather, with little white
felt over-gaitefs, and, altogether, she was
as picturesquely attired rs "a queen OF opera
| bouffe Yet she attracted no attention on
| Fifth avenue. From a casual consideration
of her fell into deep study OF the other
| ladies who passed me, and though | am
quite unable TO describe the costumes was
much impressed by the universal briliancy
and color that was displayed ON all sides.
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